American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Ray Dallaveccia Jr.: Slinky All American Toy

Entry posted by Foster Braun · July 2, 2012

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American Road Trip Talk (podcast)– Ray Dallaveccia Jr.: Slinky All American Toy

Normally our podcasts introduce you to the people behind the places along the American Road that we visit in our magazine. In this interview, however, we are going to focus on a different kind of celebrity: a toy! Not just any toy, but Slinky, the All American Toy born during the battles of WWII and still internationally popular after more than half a century.

The 2012 spring issue of American Road Magazine focused on games so it seemed fitting to talk with Ray Dallaveccia Jr. the President and CEO of Poof-Slinky, the Plymouth, Michigan based company that manufactures the Slinky in Pennsylvania. Like many popular inventions, Slinky began its life with quite a different purpose than entertainment but has maintained its popularity through generations precisely because of its simplicity.

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